Improvement in washing-machines



A. RICHARDSON.

Improvement in Washing-Machines. l N0. 3L227. v Patented Sep.0,1872.

MMMM] UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

AMOS RICHARDSON, OF HOPKINTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,227, datedSeptember 10, 1872.

Specification describing a certainv Improvement in Washing-Machines,invented by Anios RICHARDSON, residing in Hopkinton,

county of Delaware, and State of Iowa.

In the annexed drawing, Figure l represents a vertical central sectionof my ,improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig.3 is a vertical central section of a portion of my device taken in aplane at right angles to thatshown in Fig. l; and Fig. 41E illustrates aplan view of the upper one of two horizontal bars to which theplunger-staffs are pivoted.

In therdesignation of identical parts corresponding letters are used inthe several figures.

This invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines of thatclass in which the operation of washing the clothes or other 'desiredarticles is performed by means of plungers, or by pounding the saidarticles; and it consists of the combination, with a suitablereceptacle, of two or more plungers hung within the said receptacle insuch a manner as to be susceptible of both horizontal and verticalmovement-the devices employed for this purpose being substantially suchas will be hereinafter described.

To enable others to make and use my invention 'I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing, A refers to a receptacle of a barrel orother desired form, the bottom of which is supplied with an upper and alower series of bars or strips, a al, the former being fastened to andarranged with reference to the latter, as shown in Fig. l, the object ofwhich being to cause a rubbing effect to be had upon the under side ofthe clothes being washed. To this feature no claim separately is made,as its construction and arrangement are old and well known. To oppositepoints upon the inner circumference of the receptacle A arefastenedblocks or supports y B B, having mortises or recesses within which restthe ends of the bar G-the said bar being locked therein by means of theinverted L- shaped metallic bars or swivels D. (See Figs. 2 and 3.)Thesebars or swivels pass through, and are loosely confined within,vertical holes in the blocks'B, and pass upward through the openings orslots c o in the ends of the bars O. To lock the bar C in place simplyturn the right-angular portion of the said swivels D away from the slotsor opening c c, and upon the former so as that their ends shall pointtoward the central standard having the horizontal parallel bars of theplun gers. To reach the opposite result pursue the contrary course. Bymeans of this arrangement the removal or adjustment in place of theplungers and their adjuncts is effected. Il refers to a standard, havinga series of holes, e e, and passing through and retained within ametallic sleeve,

F, and the perforated bar C, by means of a...

pin, f, which, to this end, is inserted through apertures in the saidsleeve and one of those marked e e in the standardthe object of theseries of apertures e e being to permit of the standard beingsusceptible of vertical adjustment, whereby the plun gers may be setnearer to or further from the articles to be washed; or,in other words,accommodated to the size or amount of the articles being cleansed. F isthe standard sleeve, which is constructed with an annular flange orright-angular portion fitting upon the bar C around and above itsaperture or perforation, and confined to the said bar by means of ametallic plate, G, as shown in Figs. l and 2, whereby the standard isallowed to have horizontal movement, so as to permit of its plungersbeing brought to bear or work upon the entire surface of the articlesbeing cleansed-an item of no small consideration. H H refer to twohorizontal bars, which are pivoted at their centers, one to the upperand the other to the lower pendent end ofthe revolving standard E, andat their ends to the plun ger-staffs I I, the plun gers J J being firmlyfastened to the staffs I I. (See Fig. l.) The motive power for impartingmovement to or operating the machine is applied at the ends of the upperone of the two parallel bars H at the points ac a7.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by `Letters Patent, is-

The receptacle A, a al, B, bar C, swivels D D, standard E, sleeve F,plate Gr, bars H H, staffs I I, and plungers J J, combined and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose specified. t 4

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 29th day ofJune, A. D. 1872, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` AMOS RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

B. I?. MILLER, MARIA. T. MILLERe

